Computer Timeline

Charles Babbage

Sep 3, 1834

Analytical Engine: 1834
Designed by Charles Babbage
First automatic calculator
Based on Difference Engine
Never developed
Drawings and descriptions similar to today’s computers

Herman Hollerish

Sep 3, 1890

created by Herman Hollerith
U.S. Census Bureau: Tabulate census data
Automatically read data from punch cards
1896: Hollerith started the Tabulating Machine Company
Later became International Business Machines (IBM)

ZI Computer

Sep 3, 1936

created by Kenrad Zuse included control unit and seperate memory function.

Eniac

Sep 3, 1944

Electronicl Integrator computer .. First successful high speed electronic digital computer big used over 18,000 vaccum tubes created by John Mauchlly and J. Presr at University of Pennslyvania.

1st Generation

Sep 3, 1944

Used vacuum tubes to store data( memory)

netscape

Sep 3, 1944

Predominate player in browser software

2nd Generation

Sep 3, 1945

Used transistors to store data

Univac

Sep 3, 1951

Universal Automatic Computer first commercially sucessful electronic digital computer operated on magnetic tape. Gained notorrery when used to predict outcome of steven Eisenhower presidential race.

3rd Generation

Sep 3, 1958

Used integrated circuits

Jack Kilby

Sep 3, 1958

Jack Kilby of Texas instrumentsm created integrated small chip containin thousands of transisters enabled computers to become smaller and lighter consider 3rd generation computers

BASIC

Sep 3, 1964

short for Beginners All Purpose symbolic Instruction Code programing languages Fortran, Algol, and Cobol led to microsofy and became key language for Pc.

4th Generation

Sep 3, 1971

Use microprocessor chip

Introduction of the GUI

Sep 3, 1972

Graphical User Interface allowed users to interact with computere more easily (Xerox Alto) mouse and network connectivty never sold commercially.

Altair Computer

Jan 1, 1975

First personal computer sold as kit 395 Bill Gates and Paul allen among first owners.

Bill Gates

Apr 4, 1975

Founder of Microsoft

Steve Jobs

Sep 3, 1975

Wanted apple computer to be perfect computer company . Picked name cause he thought of apple to be the perfect fruit because of nutrition. Also one of main discoverers of apple.

Apple II

Sep 3, 1977

Built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozinack included color monitor sound and game.

Wordstar

Sep 3, 1978

First word processing application

VIsicalc

Sep 3, 1978

First electronic spreadsheet application

Osborne

Sep 3, 1981

obernight success first portable computer sold 10,000 units per month.

PageMaker

Sep 3, 1985

First desktop publishing software

Excel

Sep 3, 1985

First spread sheet to use GUI

Mosiac

Sep 3, 1993

First web brower allowed usersto use multimedia on the web caused internet traffic to increase by nearly 350 percent